They had a good special ops military adviser for this one. Authenticity is much better than most B-movies. The actors on the SF A-Team were equipped with realistic gear and weapons. So, kudos to whoever the adviser was. Hopefully he will get hired on to consult on other films so that we are not subjected to the abysmal attempts to dress up actors as soldiers. It never ceases to amaze me the money that some directors and producers will spend on a film, only to gloss poorly over the basic military elements. The only element they misses was in painting the weapons in desert camouflage scheme. No A-Team would deploy without painting their weapons. Just doesn't happen.
The photography is good, as well, with none of the Blair Witch shaky cam video shots that are so prevalent in low budget horror these days. Good, too, are the sets and locations. Bonus points to the site locater/scout.
On the downside, one thing that was difficult to get past was the director's choice of the guy playing the lead character (Ben). In the video he (Ben) sounds like he is maybe 20 years old. So when he states, in the opening voice-over, that he'd been in Afghanistan 10 years earlier as an operative (which wouldn't even take into account college, or a prior military career, and his training time in CIA before being allowed into the field), this really strains credulity and makes it very difficult to suspend disbelief. They should have chosen a more seasoned actor, older, with a deeper and more mature voice. The actor playing Ben was simply miscast.
All in all this is a solid b-movie, of cable TV's SciFi Channel quality, that is worth watching once if you're just chillin and relaxing on a lazy weekend afternoon, or on a rainy day. I'd recommend it as perfect for those kinds of days.
The photography is good, as well, with none of the Blair Witch shaky cam video shots that are so prevalent in low budget horror these days. Good, too, are the sets and locations. Bonus points to the site locater/scout.
On the downside, one thing that was difficult to get past was the director's choice of the guy playing the lead character (Ben). In the video he (Ben) sounds like he is maybe 20 years old. So when he states, in the opening voice-over, that he'd been in Afghanistan 10 years earlier as an operative (which wouldn't even take into account college, or a prior military career, and his training time in CIA before being allowed into the field), this really strains credulity and makes it very difficult to suspend disbelief. They should have chosen a more seasoned actor, older, with a deeper and more mature voice. The actor playing Ben was simply miscast.
All in all this is a solid b-movie, of cable TV's SciFi Channel quality, that is worth watching once if you're just chillin and relaxing on a lazy weekend afternoon, or on a rainy day. I'd recommend it as perfect for those kinds of days.